• Features

    Small Towns, Big Secrets: Crime Fiction Set In Claustrophobic Communities

    8 novels in which a small town is the perfect incubator for some truly grisly secrets.

    October 6, 2021  By L. Alison Heller
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    The Grieving Mothers Whose Stories Inspired A New Novel About Police Violence

    "Behind every shooting is a person, or rather many, many people, often ones who go unnoticed. These were the people and stories we wanted to bring alive with full humanity."

    October 6, 2021  By Christine Pride and Jo Piazzo
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    It's Time to Learn About the Lives of John Wayne Gacy's Victims—And Not Just the Labels Hung on Them

    Gacy's victims were too often dismissed as runaways and hustlers.

    October 6, 2021  By David Nelson
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    Lee Child on the Invention of Fiction

    The first humans to make up stories may just have saved us all. Or not. It's hard to know for sure.

    October 5, 2021  By Lee Child
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    Sympathy for the de Vil: Reading Beyond Likability

    Readers shouldn't set too high a bar for fictional empathy—and authors shouldn't indulge in exaggerated excuses for their character's bad behavior.

    October 5, 2021  By John Copenhaver
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    Bad Romance: Five Books About Loving Someone Dangerous

    Lisa Unger considers the many faces of desire.

    October 5, 2021  By Lisa Unger
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    A Lover's Quarrel, A Dilapidated Mansion, and A Body in the Basement

    David Dominé nearly purchased a run-down Victorian home in Louisville, Kentucky. Years later, a body was discovered in the basement.

    October 5, 2021  By David Dominé
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    October 4, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    Switzerland: A Crime Writing Tradition Full of Holes?

    When it comes to crime fiction set in Switzerland, it's all about secrecy.

    October 4, 2021  By Paul French
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    The Socialite Gangster Who Charmed the New York Literati

    Joey Gallo was the Mafia’s celebrity hitman. After an intellectual awakening in prison, he turned to writing.

    October 4, 2021  By Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson
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